Samsung Galaxy S3 - its out

I just switched to an S3 from an iPhone. Please tell me there is a way to making typing stop sucking. It's like it has no idea what you might want to type, and I'd swear it will ignore which letter you actually put your finger on.

SwiftKey or Swype. For some reason Samsung chose to include a really crappy keyboard with the GS3.

I was on stock for about three days before i flashed CM10 on there, because fuck ICS when JB is available. Also, fuck all of AT&T's garbage.

However, there are some neat thingies that Samsung did that (obviously) aren't part of CM. Is there a de-bloated TouchWhiz ROM out there that's just as rock-stable as CM or stock with a heavy user base?

I was on stock for about three days before i flashed CM10 on there, because fuck ICS when JB is available. Also, fuck all of AT&T's garbage.

However, there are some neat thingies that Samsung did that (obviously) aren't part of CM. Is there a de-bloated TouchWhiz ROM out there that's just as rock-stable as CM or stock with a heavy user base?

Yeah, saw those. I'd love to keep my Otterbox case on my phone, so at this point, unless Samsung releases the damn charging kit stateside (and I have no indication that they have) I guess I'll just wait....

Yeah, saw those. I'd love to keep my Otterbox case on my phone, so at this point, unless Samsung releases the damn charging kit stateside (and I have no indication that they have) I guess I'll just wait....

Oh, didn't consider that! Yeah, if you've got a case you really like, then definitely gonna have to wait!

Otterbox makes nice gear, for sure. My fiancee loves their stuff.

Can't wait to get into this S3 or Note 2 crowd. :-) We've got a couple months left on contract, making do with older Galaxy S phones (but with Jelly Bean! Whee!).

Had mine for quite a few months. This phone has done nothing but delight me. After jelly bean the ui has been ultra silky smooth. One can only wonder what services are dumping these units for free or up to $99 for.

Anyone got a bead on the soon to be unleashed SGS4? I'm really interested in how Samsung deals with design alterations to stay lawsuit free.

Now that I have the S3, people with iPhones are having a hard time texting me - their phones all try to send via iMessage because I used to have an iPhone. I can't seem to figure out how to deregister my number from iMessage so that their texts aren't all delayed waiting for iMessage to timeout.

Now that I have the S3, people with iPhones are having a hard time texting me - their phones all try to send via iMessage because I used to have an iPhone. I can't seem to figure out how to deregister my number from iMessage so that their texts aren't all delayed waiting for iMessage to timeout.

Are you using the built in SMS app? Are you using an alternative and removed the stock app?

I'm using GoSMS, but still have the stock messaging app installed. I've noticed some friends that text from iphones have them show up as MMS on my S3, and sometimes I will get 2 alerts (1 for GoSMS and 1 for stock), or sometimes just 1 alert (but it's for the stock so it doesn't immediately show up on my missed text app).

Now that I have the S3, people with iPhones are having a hard time texting me - their phones all try to send via iMessage because I used to have an iPhone. I can't seem to figure out how to deregister my number from iMessage so that their texts aren't all delayed waiting for iMessage to timeout.

Anyone encountering a "random reboot" bug with the i9300 version ? Mine will unexpectedly reboot after several hours of uptime. It's yet to actually interfere with anything like a phone call, but is about to start getting into "irritating" territory.

Anyone encountering a "random reboot" bug with the i9300 version ? Mine will unexpectedly reboot after several hours of uptime. It's yet to actually interfere with anything like a phone call, but is about to start getting into "irritating" territory.

Have you checked your catlog for anything that sticks out? It might be something in the background misbehaving, causing the reboot... I haven't had this happen before, but on my friend's Nexus he says that his Twitter app was causing crashes anytime a notification came up. Uninstalling and re-installing the app fixed the issue for him.

I just noticed that my camera on my S3 is storing pictures locally, not on my SD card. I can't find the setting to tell it to use my SD card anywhere... Does anyone know where that is?

I'm going by memory here (I don't use TW anymore), but I think it's under Settings > "Storage Location" and then you can specific Phone or Memory Card.

Nope

Open up the camera and hit the gear icon. Scroll all the way to the bottom. 2nd to last option.

Been meaning to ask about using an ext SD card - picked up a 32Gb card recently, formated in the phone, could save to it, but after a day or two neither the camera nor browser would save to the SD card, and the pictures on the card would corrupt (in pic gallery would show as a single patch of random colour, I could see them change from image to solid colour). Would work fine after a reboot, but same thing would happen. Eventually gave up and just saved to device memory. Faulty SD card? Need to remount card after sleep cycle? Stock Telus S3 with JB update, running stock camera and browser. Tried an app from Play store for checking SD cards - always comes back fine. Haven't had time to exchange the card.

Overall pretty happy with the S3, using it more than I thought I would. Sounds odd whenever I refer to it as a "phone".

Tried the card in a computer? Did it still show as corrupt? (copy a few GB of pictures or zip files to it, then see if they test ok?) Defective SD card slot?

Did that when initially got the card, including verify (in computer) by the SD card utility, but too busy since holidays. Good idea, was curious of things to check and don't have access to other microSD cards. Thanks

Just got my S3 a few days ago, and I've been playing around with it quite a bit. Rooted it, isntalled CM10.1, went back to stock ROM, etc...

A couple of things:1) Is there any way to remove apps that came with the ROM that you just don't want?2) Is there a way to sort your favorite contacts by a custom order (instead of alphabetical)?3) Is there a way to, when selecting a contact in the phone app, to have it automatically dial the default number? This one is especially frustrating coming from the iPhone... what's the point of having a "default number" option, then?

1) Is there any way to remove apps that came with the ROM that you just don't want?

use a root-capable file explorer to get to /system/app, add ".old" to the apk's you don't want, (make sure you get any enablers as well,) reboot to recovery, clear cache, clear dalvik, enjoy your bloat-free goodness.

1) You can also just disable an app. Effectively hides the apps from plain sight without removing it altogether (which can be dangerous if its resources/libraries are shared with other apps). This is stock functionality for all Android OS, so works in AOSP and TW.

2) Not that I know of, at least not with AOSP. Never tried with TW, sorry.

3) If on TW, then yes. Just enable the gesture that auto-dials the contact when you bring your phone up to your ear. It'll auto-dial the default phone #

Because it still makes a difference? Because non-Pentile is still visibly better? Because even with this high of a DPI, Pentile is still worse to the naked eye?

Given the richness of colors, blackness of blacks on AMOLED - this person right here is plenty happy with any tradeoff.

I've used various Android phones and all the iDevices - including the HD iPhone and Pad (sorry, I refuse to use the silly marketing terminology Apple uses to pimp their spec bumps). And I absolutely have no issues with Pentile displays.

The next-gen AMOLED is better than my current Galaxy S, but I'm still content. I don't have any issues at all with my screen, and I'll be purchasing another AMOLED device in the future (unless LCDs magically improve in the contrast and blacks department).

I have an S3 and haven't any real clue what the complaint on the display is. It looks great.

Back in the days of lower-res phones you could tell a pentile display... they looked somewhat grainy, for lack of a better term. But with the S3's pixel density I have to hold the phone closer to my eye than my minimum focus distance to see individual pixels, so I can't imagine how it would bother you.

I do think AMOLEDs tend to have color temperatures on the cool side, but that's just a thing you get used to. I REALLY like how the blacks are true blacks, it makes the screen much more restful to look at.